WEDDING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 April 1938, Page 4

WEDDING

Mcgregor—McKinstry. To the strains of the Wairarapa College Pipe Band, Isabell Catherine, only daughter of Mr and Mrs R. L. McKinstry entered Knox Presbyterian Church, Masterton, last evening for her marriage to lan Malcolm, eldest son of Mr and Mrs A. McGregor, Hikorangi. The Rev. John Davie was the officiating minister and the church was beautifully decorated in soft pastel shades.

A lovely gown of opal satin was worn by the bride, who was escorted by her father. The draped grecian bodice was outlined with needlerun lace and satin plaiting trimmed the arm-holes and formed a belt across the back of the waist, and there were liny satin buttons from neck to waist at the back. The sleeves were long and tight-fitting and pointed over the hands, and the skirt, very plain in front, fell from the waist at the back to form a long train, over which was worn a long panel-train of silk needlerim lace. The hem of the gown and the cuff's were finished with handmade Maltese loop-braid. The long veil of hand-embroidered tulle, worn with a smaller headveil, fell from a halo of pleated' tulle and orange blossom buds. She carried a sheaf bouquet of white dahlias, asters, nerine and maidenhair fern.

The bridesmaids were Miss Joan McAllister, cousin of the bride, Miss Joan Wyeth, Miss Merle Gibson (Feilding), Miss Joan McGregor, sister of the bridegroom, and the two little flower girls were Louise Faulkner (Hastings), cousin of the bride, and Elizabeth Foreman, Te Wharau. The bridesmaids wore white cobweb lace over satin slips, made quite simply with gored skirts, heart-shap-ed necklines and puffed sleeves. The bodices were trimmed in front with sprays of satin flowers and at the back with tiny glitter buttons. They wore long white satin sashes tied at the back in bows and falling to form fishtail trains. Their headdresses were of pleated tulle and pink flowers, and they wore white mittens and carried bouquets of salmon-pink dahlias, gladioli, and maidenhair fern. The flower girls were dressed in opal satin frocks with heart-shaped necklines, puffed sleeves and bouffant skirts. Their head-dresses of pleated tulle were finished with long ribbon bows, and they carried pretty horseshoes of pink fibre flowers.

Mr. J. Williams, Wanganui, cousin of the bridegroom, was best man, the groomsmen being Messrs McKinstry (the bride’s brother), Cyril Wyeth and Geoffrey Blatchford. A reception was held in the Masonic Hall, where Mr and Mrs McKinstry, assisted by Mr and Mrs McGregor, received more than two hundred guests. Mrs McKinstry was wearing a frock and coatee of brown georgette cloque and lace with which she wore a brown hat and carried a posy of autumn-shaded flowers, and Mrs McGregor chose a blue floral frock with a black lace redingote and black hat. Her flowers were red carnations and gerbe-ras. Mrs C. Galbraith, the bride’s grandmother, wore black panne velvet with a black toque and eyeveil, and carried violet-shaded asters. Mrs W. J. Gregor, the bridegroom’s grandmother, wore black and carried a posy of magneta tints. The younger folk were afterward entertained at a dance.

When Mr and Mrs I. M. McGregor later left on a motor tour of the north the bride was wearing an ensemble suit of midnight blue wool pique trimmed with grey fox fur, blue hat and shoes, and grey accessories. On her costume she wore a spray of real orange blossom presented to her by Mrs Gawith. Their future home will be at Hikorangi.